lx Branded Zones: Solaris Containers
for Linux Applications

Sun's BrandZ technology provides the framework to create non-global
branded zones that contain nonnative operating environments. As a simple
extension of non-global zones, branded zones offer the same isolated and
secure environment, and all brand management is performed through extensions
to the current zones structure.

The brand currently available is the lx brand, Solaris
Containers for Linux Applications. These non-global zones provide a Linux
application environment on an x86 or x64 machine running the Solaris OS.

The lx brand includes the tools necessary to install
a CentOS 3.5 to 3.8 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.5 to 3.8 inside a non-global
zone. Machines running the Solaris OS in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode can
execute 32-bit Linux applications.